Comments on: Memphis Manateehttp://cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/memphis-manatee/
for Bigfoot, Lake Monsters, Sea Serpents and MoreTue, 31 Mar 2015 01:31:16 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1By: cor2879http://cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/memphis-manatee/comment-page-1/#comment-9310
Sat, 28 Oct 2006 14:27:39 +0000http://cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/memphis-manatee/#comment-9310Hmm makes you wonder if this is actually a more common occurrence and we just don’t see manatees or misidentify them other times. Maybe there are many ‘lake monsters’ that are in fact manatees that have swam up river.
]]>By: LOUJACKSONhttp://cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/memphis-manatee/comment-page-1/#comment-9309
Fri, 27 Oct 2006 20:04:42 +0000http://cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/memphis-manatee/#comment-9309October 27, 2006
After searching 24 miles of the Mississippi River and Wolf River Harbor, experts from Sea World have given up their search for Memphis’ wayward manatee.

The 1,000-pound creature had been seen swimming in the harbor for several days in water too cold for it to survive. A team was dispatched from Sea World in Orlando to retrieve it and truck it back to warmer waters in Florida.

But before the manatee could be netted, it disappeared. Now, after a two day search, the Sea World team is headed home – minus one manatee.

]]>By: MojoHotephttp://cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/memphis-manatee/comment-page-1/#comment-9308
Fri, 27 Oct 2006 12:50:02 +0000http://cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/memphis-manatee/#comment-9308As of the ten oclock news last night out of memphis, the manatee was lost and could not be found.
]]>By: Ohio Cryptonuthttp://cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/memphis-manatee/comment-page-1/#comment-9307
Thu, 26 Oct 2006 16:42:00 +0000http://cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/memphis-manatee/#comment-9307Manatees are sooo coool! I was swimming at a freshwater springfed river in central Fla. when I was about 12, there were no signs that said “No Swimming” and being young and from cold old Ohio I wanted in BAD. We saw the Manatees across the river and had no intention of messing with them. While swimming in crystal clear bath temp water I forgot about the 800 lb. animal in the water with me. The next thing I know my Aunt gestures for me to come to the dock. She asked me what I would do if one of those “Sea Cows” as she called them, tried to come investigate me? I said I wasn’t sure what I’d do. The response was, “Well young man, turn around slowly” And there it was groin level and as wide as the creek we played in back home!

Needless to say I swam away, up river toward the spring. Not scared, but knowing that it was illegal to harrass these animals. They followed me! They mimicked the things I was doing underwater. It was until the birth of my son the most amazing day of my life.

The long and short is that these are wonderful playful animals with a great deal of curiousity about humans. Problem is, most humans aren’t caring enough to watch out for these guys while boating and such.

]]>By: mrbf2006http://cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/memphis-manatee/comment-page-1/#comment-9306
Thu, 26 Oct 2006 04:07:40 +0000http://cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/memphis-manatee/#comment-9306I have been following this story since Monday I live 100 miles south of Memphis and get the local Memphis news stations, and the latest news as of 5:30 this evening was that the manatee was stuck between two barges on the wolf river, which can be dangerous for it. Wildlife officials from Sea World in Florida are on their way to Memphis, and I hope they get there before it’s too late.
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Thu, 26 Oct 2006 01:29:47 +0000http://cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/memphis-manatee/#comment-9305Wow. I hope the manatee doesn’t end up on the menu at the Rendevous, or maybe they could put it in the fountain with the Peabody ducks.

Anyway, if a manatee can swim all the way to Memphis, do you think a Bigfoot could wander down to Wartburg, Tennessee that is ???

]]>By: Cryptonuthttp://cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/memphis-manatee/comment-page-1/#comment-9304
Wed, 25 Oct 2006 22:39:44 +0000http://cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/memphis-manatee/#comment-9304The good and the bad about the sighting.

Since we are in an age where word travels at light speed, and getting a picture out to the media channels was easy, it was quickly identified.

However, the “Loch Ness” type reporting just goes to show how myth and legend can be intertwined when the person reporting the curiousity doesn’t have a clear idea of what he/she is looking at and may fill in the blank with something that they figure is close.

I’m not suggesting that all early reports without pictures are less credible, only that the credibility of the witness and the careful review of their statements is even more critical.

]]>By: Tim Cassidyhttp://cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/memphis-manatee/comment-page-1/#comment-9303
Wed, 25 Oct 2006 21:57:28 +0000http://cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/memphis-manatee/#comment-9303Well, I must say I have seen “big catfish”, including a record-breaking, giant flathead in southern Indiana, affectionately named “Whiskers” by the locals. But, even Whiskers isn’t quite as large as this. Now I doubt it, but I wonder if this is the same one that worked it’s way up to Cape Cod this summer? Quite the traveler if it is.
]]>By: goobleshttp://cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/memphis-manatee/comment-page-1/#comment-9302
Wed, 25 Oct 2006 18:36:11 +0000http://cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/memphis-manatee/#comment-9302Being from Florida, it seems funny that someone would mistake one of these for a “loch ness monster”, but I’ll admit that on first seeing one in the wild, it scared the living daylights out of me. They’re probably the most docile animals on earth, but if you’re not expecting to see one, they’ll give you a start. Ones with propeller injuries may very well look like they’ve been around since prehistoric times.
]]>By: shovethenoshttp://cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/memphis-manatee/comment-page-1/#comment-9301
Wed, 25 Oct 2006 17:31:35 +0000http://cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/memphis-manatee/#comment-9301There are a couple of good streaming videos taken from a news helicopter here.
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